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Spinomantis microtis

{{short description|Species of frog}}

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| status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1

| genus = Spinomantis

| species = microtis

| authority = (Guibé, 1974)

| synonyms =

  • Rhacophorus microtis Guibé, 1974
  • Boophis microtis (Guibé, 1974)
  • Mantidactylus microtis (Guibé, 1974)

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Spinomantis microtis is a species of frog in the Mantellid subfamily Mantellinae, endemic to Madagascar.

Taxonomy

This species was described in the genus Rhacophorus by Guibé in 1974.{{cite journal|last1=Guibé|first1=J.|title=Batraciens nouveaux de Madagascar|journal=Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris. Serie 3, Zoologie|date=1974|volume=145|pages=1009–1017}} Glaw and Vences transferred it to Boophis in 1994.{{cite book|last1=Glaw|first1=Frank|last2=Vences|first2=Miguel|title=A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar|date=1994|publisher=Vences & Glaw Verlags GmbH|location=Cologne, Germany}} Andreone and Randriamahazo transferred it to Mantidactylus in 1997,{{cite journal|last1=Andreone|first1=F.|last2=Randriamahazo|first2=H.|title=Ecological and taxonomic observations on the amphibians and reptiles of the Andohahela low altitude rainforest, S. Madagascar|journal=Revue Française d'Aquariologie, Herpétologie|date=1997|volume=24|pages=95–127}} and finally Glaw and Vences then moved it to Spinomantis in 2006.{{cite journal|last1=Glaw|first1=Frank|last2=Vences|first2=Miguel|title=Phylogeny and genus-level classification of mantellid frogs (Amphibia, Anura)|journal=Organisms, Diversity & Evolution|date=2006|volume=6|issue=2006|pages=236–253|doi=10.1016/j.ode.2005.12.001|doi-access=free}}

Habitat and ecology

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers.

It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

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Category:Endemic fauna of Madagascar

Category:Amphibians described in 1974

Category:Taxa named by Jean Marius René Guibé

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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